U.S. patent number 3,968,963 [Application Number 05/544,122] was granted by the patent office on 1976-07-13 for chair-type bicycle exercise device.
This patent grant is currently assigned to The Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.. Invention is credited to Rocco M. Sileo.
United States Patent |
3,968,963 |
Sileo |
July 13, 1976 |
Chair-type bicycle exercise device
Abstract
Bicycle-type pedals are rotatably mounted on a frame in a manner
whereby the pedals are rotatable by a user seated in a chair in
proximity with the frame; the frame is elongated and is adjustably
attached to the under surface of the seat by means of a track
whereby the frame can be totally disposed under the seat when not
in use and can be adjustably disposed in front of the chair when in
use; the pedals are attached intermediate the ends of the frame and
can be stored under the seat along with the frame; the frame is
provided at one of its ends with a vertically adjustable leg for
adjusting the pedals relative to a support surface.
Inventors: |
Sileo; Rocco M. (Stamford,
CT) |
Assignee: |
The Raymond Lee Organization,
Inc. (New York, NY)
|
Family
ID: |
24170839 |
Appl.
No.: |
05/544,122 |
Filed: |
January 27, 1975 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
482/57; 482/60;
482/137 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A63B
22/0694 (20130101); A63B 22/0605 (20130101); A63B
2210/02 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
A63B
22/08 (20060101); A63B 22/06 (20060101); A63B
021/00 () |
Field of
Search: |
;272/58,73,79R |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Foreign Patent Documents
Primary Examiner: Pinkham; Richard C.
Assistant Examiner: Brown; T.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Tick; Daniel Jay
Claims
I claim:
1. An exercise device, comprising
a frame having spaced opposite first and second ends;
a chair having a seat having an undersurface and supported a
predetermined distance above a supporting surface by legs, guide
means of channel configuration affixed to the undersurface of the
seat of the chair for slidably accommodating and supporting said
frame for movement of said first and second ends under and for
movement of said second end in front of said chair;
bicycle-type pedal means rotatably mounted on the frame
intermediate the first and second ends thereof in a manner whereby
the pedal means is rotatable by a user seated in said seat in
proximity with the frame; and
adjustable support means on the second end of the frame for
adjustably mounting the second end of the frame relative to said
supporting surface with the pedal means a selected distance above
the surface whereby the pedal means are positionable relative to
the chair by a user seated in the chair and the pedal means are
rotatable by the user.
Description
DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION:
The present invention relates to an exercise device.
Objects of the invention are to provide an exercise device of
simple structure which is inexpensive in manufacture, used with
facility, convenience and comfort by a seated user, and functions
efficiently, effectively and reliably to provide exercise of the
leg and thigh muscles of a user seated in a chair.
In order that the invention may be readily carried into effect, it
will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawing,
wherein:
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of the exercise
device of the invention;
FIG. 2 is a view, partly in section, on an enlarged scale, of part
of the exercise device of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a sectional view, taken along the lines III--III, of FIG.
2;
FIG. 4 is a side view of another embodiment of the exercise device
of the invention; and
FIG. 5 is a view, partly in section, on an enlarged scale, of part
of the embodiment of FIG. 4.
In the FIGS., the same components are identified by the same
reference numerals.
The exercise device of the invention provides exercise for the leg
and thigh muscles of a seated user.
The exercise device of the invention comprises a frame 1 (FIGS. 1
to 3) or 1' (FIG. 4).
Bicycle-type pedals 2 and 3 (FIG. 1) or 2' and 3' (FIG. 4) are
rotatably mounted on the frame 1 or 1' in a manner whereby the
pedals are rotatable by a user seated in a chair 4 (FIG. 1) or 4'
(FIG. 4) in proximity with the frame 1 or 1'.
In the embodiment of FIGS. 1 to 3, support legs 5, 6, 7 and 8 (FIG.
1) on the frame 1 adjustably mount the frame on a supporting
surface 9. The frame 1 is supported with the pedals 2 and 3 a
selected distance above the surface 9. This is accomplished by
passing bolts 10 and 11 through spaced holes in the legs 5 and 6
and spaced corresponding holes 12, 13, and the like, in the frame.
Similarly, bolts 14 and 15 are passed through spaced holes through
the legs 7 and 8 and spaced corresponding holes 16, 17, and the
like, through the frame 1.
As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, an arm 18 supporting the pedals 2 and 3
or 2' and 3' is rotatably mounted on the frame 1 or 1' by split
bearings 19 and 20.
In the embodiment of FIGS. 4 and 5, a chair 4' has a seat 21 having
an undersurface 22 (FIG. 5). A guide device 23 (FIG. 5) is affixed
to the undersurface 22 of the seat 21 of the chair 4' and slidably
accommodates and supports one end 24 of the frame 1' for movement
under and in front of the chair 4'. The other end 25 of the frame
1' is adjustably supported on the supporting surface 9 in the same
manner as is the frame 1 of the embodiment of FIGS. 1 to 3 so that
the pedals 2' and 3' are supported a selected distance above such
surface. The pedals 2' and 3' are thus positionable relative to the
chair 4' by a user seated in the chair and the pedals are rotatable
by the user to exercise his or her legs and thighs.
While the invention has been described by means of specific
examples and in specific embodiments, I do not wish to be limited
thereto, for obvious modifications will occur to those skilled in
the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the
invention.
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